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NBA Picks Wizards vs. Warriors to go Under

East meets West on the NBA betting card Tuesday when the
Washington Wizards take on the Golden State Warriors. Let's take a look at the NBA odds for this game to find our picks.

The 10:30 PM (ET) contest at Oracle Arena pits a pair of
teams currently sitting sixth in their respective conference standings, though
they're five games apart when stacked against each other. Each team has gone a pedestrian 5-5 in their
last 10 contests, with Washington
looking to level its overall record while Golden State
is hoping to climb 10 games above .500.

Golden
State started as 8 point
chalk with 206 for the total, and SBR's live NBA odds show the spread at 8.5
now while the total has dropped a half-point.

It's the last time the Wizards and Warriors meet this
season, assuming they don't square off in the NBA Finals. Golden
State is shooting for its seventh
straight victory over Washington
after a 112-96 decision in the nation's capital about three weeks
ago. The Warriors used a big third
quarter to easily cover the 3 point spread, their third cover in the last four
meetings, and the contest slid past a 200.5 point total for the third 'over' in
the last four clashes. The last time the
Wizards left Oakland with a dubya was a little more than four years ago when
they topped Golden
State 118-109 as 3 point
underdogs.

Wizards Continue
4-Game Trip Out West

Washington
(21-22 straight up, 21-21-1 against the spread) slid just below .500 Sunday at Utah where the
Jazz rallied from a 13-point hole in the first half to post a 104-101
triumph. John Wall's long 3-point
attempt at the buzzer missed, and Wizard backers also just missed the cover
getting two points, letting sportsbooks cash in on a close one.

That was the second contest in this 4-game Western
Conference swing for the Wizards who began the journey with a 101-95 upset at Phoenix as 4-point underdogs. Washington is even on the road this
season at 11-11 (14-8 ATS), but enters Tuesday's tilt with just one cover in
its last six games overall.

Randy Wittman, in his first full season as head coach, has
six players averaging double-digits per game, led by Wall's 20.0 PPG. Wall is also fourth in the NBA dishing out
8.5 assists per contest. The Wizards rank
in the middle of the NBA in overall field goal shooting (44.9%), but are in the
top 5 connecting on 38% of their 3-pointers.

Washington
continues to play without forward Al Harrington who has been out of action
since mid-November due to complications with his right knee following offseason
surgery. A second minor surgery in early
December was supposed to have him back in action four weeks later, but as of
yet, there's no timetable for his return.

Warriors Hope Recent
Home Struggles Behind Them

Since first climbing to a season-high 11 games over .500
earlier this month, Golden
State (27-18 SU, 21-23-1
ATS) has fallen into a bit of a rut with five setbacks in the last eight
contests. Probably most perplexing to
head coach Mark Jackson is his team's sudden slump at home where the Warriors
stopped a 3-game losing streak at Oracle Arena with Sunday's 103-88 victory
over Portland.

Defense had been a problem during the recent slump,
including three losses in the last week-&-a-half in which the Warriors
allowed three teams to score 121+. But
they locked down on the Trail Blazers who lead the NBA averaging 109 points per
game, yet could only muster a 28 field goals vs. Golden State
while shooting a season-worst 33.7%.

Stephen Curry had no trouble scoring on Portland, netting 38 to tie his
season-high. Curry leads the Warriors in
scoring (24.1 ppg), with David Lee and Klay Thompson both averaging 19+.

I'm going to count on that defense showing up tonight as
well, and make my free NBA pick on the final falling short of the total.